Are they inflating wait times "just in case" of issues? Seems like a lot of people are getting on and off well under the quoted time.
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Are they inflating wait times "just in case" of issues? Seems like a lot of people are getting on and off well under the quoted time.
Excellent well written & researched article.Forgive me if this has been posted, but this is a pretty fun read:
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FJ, Flight of the Passage, and Gringotts are the model for how an e ticket attraction queue should look. They are probably 3 of the best queues in the world. I do like several other queues at Universal as well, including F&F, Transformers, and Fallon.I feel like the queue is a bit of a let down, especially after what we've seen they can do w/ FJ, Gringotts, and even (shudder) F&F.
It really is kind of dull, expect for those two rooms.
I absolutely agree with you and I’m not sure what people were expecting with this queue considering that fact it was repurposed.FJ, Flight of the Passage, and Gringotts are the model for how an e ticket attraction queue should look. They are probably 3 of the best queues in the world. I do like several other queues at Universal as well, including F&F, Transformers, and Fallon.
Hagrids was mostly refurbished from the Dragon Challenge / Dueling Dragon queue to save money. It would have taken more time and cost more to build a queue to the level of quality of FJ / Gringotts.
With that being said, the queue for Hagrids is significantly better than some other recent attractions (I'd say it's on par with Skull Island):
I'd like to confirm that the left side fluff head (or the one you see first when approaching fluffy on the ride) does not work. 2 Saturdays in a row, it has not worked. Maybe it was just coincidence, but after talking with some trusted people, I guess that and many other little things in the ride are broken, but they are waiting to fix them until the crowds die down.